[bmle]

I think there should be more of these stories. Many people starting companies learn much from success stories through books and blogs but I think there may be more lessons to learn about how not to fail from people that have.

[Mz]

If you see more, please add them here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5270826

(I have a couple of others linked. Perhaps I should have named them but it did not occur to me.)